Vending device.



PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

8. G. GILBERT.

VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

IIIIVEIVTOI? Kidney U. @EZbezi WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYS PATENTED APR. 3, 1906.

S. G. GILBERT.

VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION IILED IEB.25. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UN TED STAS Y sinner c.- GILBERT, or Jackson, orno.

sesame DEVICE.

Macrame.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 3, 19063.

. Application filed February 25, 1905. Serial No. 247,257.

Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Qhio,have invented a newand Improved Vending Device, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to a vending device capable of use for manypurposes, but of especial utility for the vending of peanuts in s I Theprincipal objects of the invention are to provide means for holding aseries of bags of peanuts or other similar articles in a casing andautomatically delivering one ba at a time upon the mani ulation of anyesired V startin device-.suc ,for instance, as coincontrol ed mechanism;also, to provide for preventing the delivery of more than one package ateach 0 eration of the controlling device and for eating the packages, soas to.

keep the peanuts or other articles in a warm condition at all times.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming 'a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference of Fig. 1-.

indicate corresponding parts in all thefi ures. Figure 1 is a verticalcentral sectiona view of an apparatus constructed in accordance with theprincipleof my invention. Fig. 2'is a fragmentary sectional view on theline 2 2 Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the machine on the line 3 3 of Fi1, and Fig. 4 is a pers ective view of a detaiE In t e drawings is showna casing 10, which incloses the principal arts of the machine. Thiscasing is provide with a central shaft 11, having a wheel 12, upon whichmay be wound a rope,'chain, or cable 13.. This rope passes'over a pulley14 and is provided with a weight 15, which constitutes the motive powerfor operating the device. Fixedly mounted upon the shaft is a casing 16,havin an inner casin 17, if desired, and provide with a series 0%compartments 18 for receivingbags or packages 19, containing eanuts orany other desired article. At the ottom of each compartment is a catch20, normally forced intooperative osition by means of-a sprin orequivalent evice 21. This catch is pre erably pivoted to the outside ofthereceptacle, as shown at 22, and is provided with and from t ere intoa pocket 28.

- ence of the cam 24.

' The receptacle may be rotated in any de- It will be seen that therotation of the re ceptacle by means of the descent of the weight 15will carry the packages aroundwithout deto a bracket 25 u on the casing10 and is disposed in the at of the u per ends of the catches 20. en oneoi the catches 20 reaches a point adjacent to the cam 24, the latterwill be swung by the catch into a stationary position against a stop 26and will then force the upper end of the catch inward against the spring21 and remove the projection 23 from the packageor bag in the receptacleand ermit it to drop into a chute 27 In order to prevent more than onepackage from dropping at this time, a spring 29 is mounted on' theinside of the casing and projects through a slot 30 in the-wall of thereceptacle, so as to engage the package next above the one beingdischarged at all times. This will hold this package up until the recetacle is rotated the next step, when they pac age will be beyond theinfluence of this spring and will drop to the bottom of the compartment,where it will be stopped by the projection 23,'which by that time wilhave passed out of the influsired manner and is preferably rotated bythe introduction of a coin into the machine. I have illustrated aconventional coin-controlled device for controlling the rotation of thereceptacle, comprising a chute 31, a spring-switch 32, which is designedto be swung by the-introduction of a coin into con nection with anelectrical contact 33, and an electrical circuit 34, connecting thecontact 33 and the opposite end of the switch 32 with an electromagnet35. This magnet is rovide'd with an armature, as usual, contro ing alever 36, ivoted to a stationary part of the frame and havin a tooth 37,adapted to engage with a circu ar rack 38 upon the outside of thereceptacle. It will be seen that the weight 15 constantly urges thereceptacle to rotate when the device is wound u and that v themanipulation of the switch wi I close the circuit 34 and cause the lever36 to be attracted into the position shown in Fig. 1, which will permitthe weight to descend and the receptacle to rotate. As soon as the coinis discharged from the switch the lever will assume its normal position,in which the'tooth 37 is at its lowest position, and when the receptaclehas rotated the space of one tooth on the ratchet the tooth 37 will stopthe receptacle and prevent further rotation.

Underneath the rece tacle '1 preferably place a plate 39, and un erneaththat a heating device 40, the purpose of the former being to distributeheat from the latter and cause the entire contents of the receptacle tobe subjected to an even elevated temperature.

It will of course be understood that any desired form of coin-controlleddevice may be connected with my machine and that it is not limited toany particular form; furthermore, that the embodiment of the inventionshown in the drawings is merely illustrativeof the principle thereof andthat it can be carried out in many other ways.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a vending-machine, the combination of arotatable receptacle adapted to support the articles to be vended,-meanson the receptacle for holding the articles therein, means for releasingsaid last-named means to de osit an article, means for holding otherartic es in the receptacle while one is being deposited, means forheating the receptacle, and means located between the heating means andthe receptacle for distributing the healt evenly to the various parts ofthe receptac e.

2. A vending device, comprising a rotatable receptacle having an innerwall and an outer wall and aseries of compartments between them, saidcompartments being open at the bottom, a casing in which said receptacleis mounted, a spring fixed to said casing and projecting through theouter Wall of the receptacle, a rotatable shaft upon which thereceptacle is mounted, and means for rotating the shaft.

3. A vending device, comprising a rotatable receptacle provided with aslot, a spring mounted in fixed position and extending through said slotto engage the articles to be vended, means for dropping an article fromthe receptacle at a predetermined point, means for rotating thereceptacle, and means for confining the motion of rotation to anintermittent one; said last-named me'ans comprising a ratchet connectedwith the recepta cle, a tooth for engaging the ratchet, a lever uponwhich said tooth is mounted, an electromagnet for moving said lever, andmeans for controlling said electromagnet.

4. A vending apparatus, comprising a movable receptacle having means forpreventing the ischarge of material from the receptacle, means forrendering said firstnamed means inoperative and means for pre-.

venting the discharge of more than one arti cle from the machine, saidlast-named means comprising a spring fixed to a stationary part of themachine and projecting into the receptacle to engage articles there in,said spring being located adjacent to said second means.-

5. A vending a paratus, comprising a movable receptacle liaving a seriesof catches located thereon and provided with projections for preventingthe discharge of material from the receptacle, and means in the path ofsaid catches for releasing them from operative position.

movable receptacle having a series of catches located thereon andprovided with projections for preventing the discharge of materialcatches for re easing them from operative osition, and means forpreventing the ischarge of more than one article from the machine.

7. A vending apparatus, comprising a movable receptacle having a seriesof catches located thereon and provided with projections for preventingthe discharge of material from the receptacle, means for normallyholding the catches in operative position, a cam pivoted to a stationarypart of the machine in the path of said catches and adapted to re--lease them from operative }position, and means for preventing the discarge of more than one article from the machine.

8. A vending apparatus, comprising alocated thereon and provided withprojections for preventing the discharge of material from thereceptacle, means for normally-holding the catches in operativeposition, a cam pivoted to a stationary part of the machine in the pathof said catches and. adapted to release them from operative position,and means for preventing the disc than one article from the machine;said means comprising a spring fixed to a stationary part of the machineand projecting through said receptacle to engage articles held therein,said s ring being located adjacent to said means or operating thecatches.

9. Avending device comprising a rotatable receptacle having an innerwall and an outer wall and a series of compartments between them, saidcompartments being open at the bottom, a catch pivoted to the outsideof'the outer wall adjacent to each ofthe compartments and provided witha projection each of said catches being provided with a spring fornormally holding the projection in its innermost position, a casing 1nWlnch said receptacle is mounted, a bracket on said casing, a campivoted to said bracket in the path of said catches, a stop on thebracket for preventing the cam from moving beyond a cer- 6. A vendingapparatus, comprising a' from. the receptacle, means in the path of said7 arge of more movable receptacle having a series of catches extendinginwardly under each compartment,

tein point, espring fixed to said casing edjaname to this specificationin the presence of cfint'to said lfirafikeit and projeleting through twosubscribing Witnesses. I

t e outer We 0 t e reeeptae e, a rotate, e shaft upon which thereceptacle is mounted,- SIDNEY GILBERT g and means for intermittentlyrotating the Witnesses;

shaft. R. L. GRI Es, In testimony whereof have signed my E. B. RIDENOUR.

